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Wedding Roundup
Long time, no see, blogging world. Well, that’s not entirely true, I blog almost every day, all day for work, which is probably why I have so little motivation to work on my own blogging projects. Nonetheless, one of my resolutions this year was to get back into blogging on this site, even if I…
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Handmade Wedding Invites
It has been ages since I’ve updated this blog. It’s not out of laziness but instead is a consequence of having a wedding coming up. Wedding stuff has pretty much taken over my life. Only a few short weeks before freedom, sweet freedom. As much as I’m looking forward to it, there is a (big)…
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Wedding Guestbook
We are planning to have a photo guest book at our wedding where guests can take a Polaroid and write a message for us. I found this scrapbook at Dick Blick and decided it needed a little something extra. I scanned my original pencil drawing into the computer and digitally colored it as you can…
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Printer’s Trays as Wall Storage
I recently picked up a type case at a flea market for only a few dollars. Covered in spider webs and chipped up, it’s a bit rough-looking to say the least but that’s the way cheap finds usually work. Originally, this tray and ones like it would have housed the various letters and symbols a…
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Awesome Attic Spaces
Lately I’ve been enamored with attic spaces, perhaps because so many of the Chicago homes I’ve looked at on real estate sites have had unfinished attics. All that untapped space would make the perfect office, extra bedroom or, if you have little ones, playroom. Sure, the ceilings in the spaces are low, but I think…
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Wedding Ring Photo Shoot
I got bored and decided to take some shots of our rings. They’re very photogenic. Can’t wait until I get to wear mine all the time!
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Handmade Save the Dates
Since we couldn’t afford to have someone make all of our wedding stationery we decided to do it ourselves. Rather, I asked my graphic designer husband-to-be to do it, and somehow got roped into doing it myself. I started with a hand-drawn version on paper done in pencil and Prismacolor marker then scanned that version…